Apologies for cross postings.
Back in January, I submitted this query (replace three top officials
in one fell swoop or do it gradually) to several OB list servers.
I received seven replies. Thank you to all who responded. Three of
the seven voted for the "one fell swoop" approach; two thought it
didn't matter which way it was done.
You can find the query, the summary statistics, and the detailed and
thoughtful answers at my blog:
http://martingevans.blogspot.com/2007/02/changing-top-actors-in-iraq-query-and.html
As it is a blog, those who wish can add their own comments.
Martin G. Evans
Professor Emeritus, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.
URL:
www.rotman.utoronto.ca/~evans blog:
http://martingevans.blogspot.com/
Former Co-Editor, M@n@gement:
http://www.dmsp.dauphine.fr/MANAGEMENT/
WEB Editor, Academy of Management Journal: http://aom.pace.edu/amjnew/